You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.

All the money in the world is spent on feeling good.

No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.

Bad music can make you weak.

You have to be around people you trust; otherwise you can't do anything - you're afraid, you're paranoid, and you can't do any work.

Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high.

You're not born with certain skills; you have to acquire them.

Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.

I always think you should push your envelope every chance you get.

Musicians communicate in other ways. That's just something you rely on.

God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.

There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.

Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge.

I've been blessed with plenty of ability. It's just not as easily noticed as some guys.

Drama is always conflict. Conflict either comes from within or without. The thing that makes a show different is the conflict manifests itself both internally and externally.

When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.

If Quentin Tarantino is your writer-director then you're going to learn the words and your gonna learn why they're the words. You're gonna learn why they're the best words to say.

I wasn't sure if I admired him for feeling everything so hard and fiercely, or if I was contemptuous of him for having so much emotion that he had to spill it out every window of the house.

I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.